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Show COFFEE CROP AIDED BY-RED BY-RED CROSS IN ISLANDS Disaster relief given following the West Indies hurricane which struck Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Florida, as well si other Islands In the Caribbean Sea, presented ont of the largest tasks yet undertaken by the American Red Cross. In Florida, where 1,810 llvet were lost,, tht Red Croat aided 41,236 persona In Porto Rico and tht Virgin Islands, where the lost of life wat not so great, but where the devastation wat almott complete, tht Red Cross sided 731.71J persona Destruction of the coffee plants wat the gravest loss, and tht Red Cross aided In rehabilitating thlt Industry by employing 67,000 aatlvet to clear the coffee-land, . to that replanting would go forward Immediately, tbua providing work and wages tor thousands. |